Feed-cutter



(No Model.)

W. H. HUNNIGUTT.

FEED CUTTER.

Patented 55111.9, 1883.

My W*@T ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM H. HUNNIOUTT, OF WEST LIBERTY, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN MILO PATTERSON,OF WINDFALL, INDIANA.

FEED-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,435, dated January9, 1883.

Application filed J une 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAMHHUNNIGUTT, of West Liberty, in the county ofHoward and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hay-Knives and Feed -Outters; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved feedcutter. Fig. 2 is anend view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section throughthe front part of the same, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a handlefor the knife.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of feed-cutters in which thebifurcated reciproeating cutter is mounted upon a rod or bar sliding inbearings and operated by a handle pivoted upon the bar; and it consistsin the improved construction of the metallic frame inclosing the fiontof the box, said frame being made in one piece, and forming bearings forthe cutter-bar, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

in the accompany ing drawings the letter A.

indicates the box of the usual construction supported by legs Z. V

a is a block triangular in section, and tapering toward the rear of themachine, which is fastened in the middle of the bottom of the box,extending from the front a short distance into the box.

E E are two rounded and beveled blocks, fastened in the upper corners ofthe front of the box, increasing in thickness toward the front, andserve, in conjunction with the tapering ridge or block a, to compressthe feed as it is fed toward the knife.

D is a metal frame, which incloses the front part of the box, andextends above the box at b 12, forming a'bearing, b, for the guide-rod Fof the knife.

01 d are guides fastened to the sides of the frame D and the front legs,I, in which the points of the bifurcated knife slide.

The frame D serves three different purposes, viz: in strengthening thefront part of the box where the feed is compressed and the greateststrain is; in serving as guide for the knife and from wear.

B is the knife, which is bifurcated, forming two divergent blades, B B,the inner curved edges of which are sharpened, givingthe blades asliding cut. The ends of the blades slide in the guides d d, and theupper partof the knife is fastened by bolts 0 and e to the guide-rod F.

(J is the handle by which the knife is operated, it being connected tothe knife by the bolt 6. The handle is hinged to an arm, f, which ishinged at its other end to the box, and a projection, f, serves tosupport the bandle and prevent its going too far down.

In Fig. 4 is shown a handle, O,'which may be fastened to the knife Bwhen the latter is removed from the cutter, forming a knife for cuttinghay or straw out of the stack or mow, andfor otherlike purposes.

I am aware that straw-cutters have been made with a-bilnrcatedreciprocating cutter guided by a downward-projecting rod sliding inbearings, and I do not claim that as my invention; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1'. The feed-cutter box A, having triangular tapering ridge (1, androunded beveled triangular blocks E E, and provided with the metalWILLIAM H. HUNNICUTT.

Witnesses DAVID BAILEY, .LOWE LEWELLYN.

made of wood, and the whole front of the box frame 1), havingknife-guides d d, and form-' operated by a handle pivoted to the sameand

